jambière
\ʒɑ̃.bjɛʁ\
The verdict
“jambière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce d’étoffe ou de cuir, voire de métal, guêtre haute qui protège la jambe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jambiere · jambière · French
jambière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jambière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɑ̃.bjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jambière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɑ̃.bjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for jambière in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jambière, spelled J-A-M-B-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pièce d’étoffe ou de cuir, voire de métal, guêtre haute qui protège la jambe.
- 2Meuble représentant la pièce d’armure du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de chaussure, houseau, jambière, poulaine, sabot et soulier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jambière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait échangé la loupe contre le microscope de précision. En outre, et comme il ne voulait pas, dehors, être confondu avec les herborisateurs que signale leur boîte cylindrique, il avait adopté, avec le chapeau mou et les jambières du chasseur, le panier à provisions du mycologue.
Francine, qui se trouvait à Château-Gallé, avait ciré ses souliers et ses jambières ; il la remercia sans beaucoup la regarder et lui tendit une bonne pièce qu’elle n’osa refuser.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.